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Top Five Most Exciting Lebowski Fest Moments

L.A. Weekly is celebrating The Big Lebowski's 15th anniversary with a massive cover story tribute! Check out our other Lebowski-themed stories. Not doing so would be very un-Dude. I saw The Big Lebowski when it came out in early 1998 and left feeling fairly indifferent. I didn't dislike it, but I d ... More >>

Make Us Laugh, Funny Boy!

Jay Mohr

The Chef's Library: Brandon Boudet and In Bocca A Dinner at Little Dom's Based On The Cookbooks

The Chef's Library is a series in which we ask chefs around town to tell us about their favorite cookbooks. Today, we talk to Brandon Boudet, chef of Dominick's and Little Dom's. There's all kinds of things that can spark an eBay addiction -- for chef Brandon Boudet it was the siren song of vintag ... More >>

Egg Nog from Broguiere's Farm Fresh Dairy

It's the middle of December, which means you might be busy roasting chestnuts and decorating trees and, somewhat less glamorously, checking nearly every supermarket in town in the annual hunt for a Broguiere's egg nog. For the uninitiated, this liquid gold would be from a family-owned dairy farm tha ... More >>

10 Best Finds at the Los Angeles Antiques Art Design Show, aka a Flea Market for Rich People

A peek inside this weekend's 17th annual Los Angeles Antiques Art Design Show, which runs through Sunday, should be enough to convince anyone that there really is such a thing as the 1 percent, because those of us covering the opening-night party at Santa Monica's Barker Hangar clearly weren't amo ... More >>

Odd Future and Streetwear Employees Resent Fairfax Avenue Tourist Influx

On the Streets With Hollywood's Autograph Hunters

A sea of screaming faces beckon movie stars to the sidewalk, where they conjure photographs, baseballs and -- when Johnny Depp appears, even a replica Freddie Krueger glove for him to sign. Outside Grauman's Chinese Theater, they downright beg for an autograph, yelling until their voices turn hoarse ... More >>

You Can Buy an 'I Survived the L.A. Riots' Shirt for $200 on eBay

Can't get enough of the L.A. Riots' (completely oversaturated) 20th birthday coverage? This hot-ticket eBay T-shirt might be just thing. "I Survived the L.A. Riots," it reads across the front, with a map of the city's hardest-hit burn spots on back. Also, awesome factoids, like "Vandals set more th ... More >>

10 Best Reasons to Visit Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley (Besides Coachella)

The Coachella Valley was once known as a fantastic spot for a getaway from L.A., especially during its high season in winter, when it features almost-certain sunshine and better temperatures. In recent years, Coachella has become synonymous with just one thing: Coachella. But this year, the music f ... More >>

Ryan Adams - Disney Hall - 2/17/12

Ryan Adams Disney Hall 2-17-12 See also: Why Ryan Adams Isn't Allowing Photos Better than... Listening to Love Is Hell in its entirety on Valentine's Day because Heartbreaker just wouldn't be depressing enough. Unless that's your thing. I guess I'd consider myself in the 90th percentile of Ryan ... More >>

Rocket Video, Hollywood's Storehouse for Cult Movies, To Close

RocketHollywood.com​Film lovers, brace yourselves. A prolonged period of mourning is in order, as legendary Rocket Video closes its doors at the end of the month. The independent video rental store has been a fixture in Hollywood for over thirty years, due to its trove of hard-to-find classic ... More >>

Nick Waterhouse: The Young Man Who Makes Old R&B

UPS Delivery-Guy-As-Terrorist Hoax Dupes LAPD, LA Weekly

Delivering fear.​Oops. We fell for it too. But an LA Weekly post about a purported U.S. Department of Homeland Security warning about fake UPS delivery men and women was only up for a few minutes before we saw that the LAPD West Valley Division, which first published the hoax on its Nixle acco ... More >>

Turning a Negative Into a Positive

Three new photography exhibits explore the accidental artistry of pre-digital techniques

The Flaming Lips Releases New Music in Life-Size Gummy Skulls, Teases Gummy Wayne Coyne Statue

The Flaming LipsGummy skull​Silver trembling fetus ornaments and posters screen-printed with human blood--the colorful antics of The Flaming Lips' promotions are well documented. In January, Lips singer Wayne Coyne announced the band was planning to release small batches of songs in unorthodo ... More >>

'Crazy Cat' Lolita and Other Tokyo Inspired Outfits at Pacific Media Expo's Harajuku Fashion Show

When it comes to Southern California anime conventions, Pacific Media Expo, held annually in November, has carved out a niche for itself with its focus on Tokyo street fashion brands. Over the years, they've brought designers like Takuya Angel and Angelic Pretty to Los Angeles. Last year's fashion l ... More >>

Countdown To The End, Day Seven: Beverly Hills Craigslister Charges $70 For 12-Pack Of Four Loko

CraigslistWaking up the next morning in nothing but a "diamond" grill: priceless​We've been makin' cracks about the growing economic weight of our remaining Four Lokos for some time now -- never realizing how right we were. People don't just want 'em. People need 'em. Bad. The same camo-cloa ... More >>

BNWT Jones Soda Releases Collectable Emily the Strange Labels

Aaron Stein-Chester​ Attention nerds who collect things and eBay store owners who sell to nerds who collect things: Jones Soda Co. has partnered with Dark Horse Comics for the release of six limited edition Emily the Strange soda labels. For the uninitiated: Emily the Strange is a quasi-punk ... More >>

Is This Thing Over? Brown Whipping Whitman In California Governor's Race

Ted SoquiMeg Whitman could lose this thing via the Latino vote.​It looks like Meg Whitman's undocumented maid might lose the former eBay chief California's governorship. The latest poll from USC College and the Los Angeles Times had Attorney General Jerry Brown beating Whitman 52 to 39 percent ... More >>

Five Reasons Meg Whitman Is Looking Like a Slight Favorite

​Republican candidate for governor and former Ebay doyenne Meg Whitman came to the Weekly's hometown of Culver City Tuesday, and though she didn't stop by the office, she was at nearby Function Drinks, a high-end beverage maker, for a town hall style meeting. (Function Drinks sample product: U ... More >>

Comic-Con 2010, Day 1: Street Fashion in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter

Convention fashion isn't all cosplay and oversized Batman t-shirt. Check out what people were wearing in and around the San Diego Convention Center on Day 1 of Comic-Con. Shannon Cottrell​ Cassie Carpenter, Los Angeles Outfit: Urban Outfitters blazer, high wasted sailor shorts, black fanny pac ... More >>

'Wall Street Whitman' Video Game Launched By California Labor Federation; Mocks Meg Whitman As Job Slasher

​The California Labor Federation has taken campaign attacks to another level. Now available for online users everywhere, "Wall Street Whitman" is an interactive video game mocking gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's record of allegedly slashing jobs. "You're Wall Street Whitman,"the main m ... More >>

Music Picks: Buzzcocks, Diana Ross, Isis, the xx

Also, Compton Metal Night, Health, Thao and Mirah

Amanda Ross-Ho: Trick-and-Treater

SXSW: From @ Platform to Ad Platform? Twitter Announces @anywhere

​Perplexing the business-model hungry pundits with a difference of just one letter, Twitter CEO Ev Williams surprised the crowd today at his SXSWi keynote by announcing not an Ad platform but an @ platform, a way to further integrate Twitter's data into third party platforms without implementing a ... More >>

Marilyn Monroe-Adjacent Crypt A Dead End

The saga of the crypt above Marilyn Monroe's resting place in Westwood added a new chapter over the weekend when it was revealed that zero bidders weighed in on the auction for the spot, which was valued at more than $500,000.​Widow Elsie Poncher wanted to sell the crypt that is the site of her hu ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Radiohead's Thom Yorke, Long Beach Comic-Con, Eagle Rock Music Fest, Graffiti Spirits

Over the weekend Los Angeles seemed obsessed with one thing and one thing only: Radiohead's Thom Yorke, who, after a surprise DJ gig at the Roosevelt on September 15, L.A. Weekly learned would play an exclusive gig at the Echoplex on October 2 in addition to two gigs at downtown's Orpheum Theatre on ... More >>

Best of L.A.: Shopping

West Coast Sound Interviews Greg Anderson of Sunn 0))) and Southern Lord Records

East Hollywood-based metal imprint Southern Lord is one of the most respected independent record labels of the '00s, a solid, consistently-surprising label started by two men in the drone metal band Sunn 0))) -- Greg Anderson and Stephen O'Malley. Gisele VienneSunn 0))​ West Coast Sound rec ... More >>

Michael Jackson Crazy Ebay Auctions: People Cash In On Their Death Masks, Pain Meds, Energy Drinks, Glitter Gloves and Other King of Pop Paraphernalia

The King of pop is dead. Long live the King. And his crazy Ebay auctions. The body isn't even cold and already people are looking to cash in. Anyone who ever owned anything remotely Michael Jackson-related seems to have put it up for auction in the past few days. Here are a few of the wackiest of Wa ... More >>

"Stuff On My Cat" Website For Sale: Thousands Of Unpublished Cat Photos Could Be Yours

Photo courtsey of StuffOnMyCat.comThousands more like this could be yours! Attention all you who like cats, stuff, and stuff on cats: the website "Stuff On My Cat" is up for sale. Mario Garza, the website's creator, was 20 years old when he started the site. He is 24 years old now. Four years and ... More >>

LA People 2009: Krazy Ketchup Ladies — Erin Rosen and Laila Bowden

Lost in Blagoland: Disgraced Guv Headed to L.A.

The corruption suspect formerly known as the Governor of Illinois was told by a judge Monday to forget about traveling to Costa Rica to tape the NBC reality TV show, I'm Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here! Clearly U.S. District Judge James Zagel worried that Rod Blagojevich, once on foreign soil, ma ... More >>

L.A. Weekly's "Top Seven Music Things of the Year That Weren't Compact Discs" List

La Vida Loca: Monsters, and Cory Kennedy's Socks

Plus, Obama socks take off big time

Timewarp: Where Old Instruments Go to Live Again

Back to the bylophone

Pull Up Your Obamas: Political Fashion Statements — Socks, Tees, Shoes and Even Underwear for Change

Beyond Shepard Fairey's Hope tees

Nightranger: Role Model in the Brown Bottle

And glamour ghouls

Electric Avenues

The Edison, a thoroughly modern speakeasy

Rock Picks

For the week of Jan 18 – 25

the Puffy Chair

Viva la Raza and All That

Brawling Democrats

The fight begins to knock out Arnold

Mi Casa, Su Casa

An experiment in public/private living

Christmas Music for People Who Like Music

Attention, Skaters With Visa Cards!

The Living City

Los Angeles From Bud to Bloom

American Idyll

Whatever happened to dirty bombs and homemade polio?

'N Scene: Lip Gloss, Cell Phones and Justin Envy

A Few of Our Favorite Things

Fleas, flying fish, glass eyeballs, dissected Japanese criminals. Rimbaud and Hammett, too